Disease detectives in Chicago say they have been seeing a worrisome trend: Patients complaining of unusual symptoms like vision and eye problems, headaches and hearing loss or dizziness caused by ...

Only screening patients for syphilis who came to the ED for gonorrhea and chlamydia testing would have missed 76.4% of ...

The fastest rapid dual test for HIV and syphilis is now available in Australia, expanding access to reliable and accessible screening.A Major ...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been increasing in NYC in recent years. Data released for New York City.

Treatment decisions may be further complicated in patients who are allergic to penicillin or infected with HIV. The pathogenesis of congenital syphilis is not completely understood, but placental ...

Congenital syphilis is transmitted to fetuses by parents with the infection. In a Feb. 25 letter to Oregon providers, Dr. Pete Singson of the Oregon Health Authority wrote that just two babies were ...

Syphilis has long been difficult to eradicate—and it’s ... to help develop such a test—one that looks for proteins in patient samples including urine and plasma, the clear liquid portion of blood.

For example, while doxycycline is an effective drug for syphilis, patients can struggle to complete treatment courses with the drug, due to tolerability issues, leaving their infection untreated ...

Confidentiality clause under HIV and AIDS Policy Act ...

According to a preliminary report by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, the number of syphilis patients totaled about 15,000 in 2023—a twelvefold increase from a decade earlier and ...